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| Seat metric | Seat count |
|---|---|
| Total | 6 |
| Gain | 0 |
| Loss | 10 |
| Hold | 6 |
| Seat metric | Seat count |
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| 51 | |
| 10 | |
| 2 | |
| 41 |
| Seat metric | Seat count |
|---|---|
| 12 | |
| 2 | |
| 0 | |
| 10 |
| Seat metric | Seat count |
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| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 |
| Seat metric | Seat count |
|---|---|
| 38 | |
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 31 |
How the election works
On 2 May, 107 English councils held elections with more than 2,000 seats being contested. Some were for metropolitan boroughs such as Manchester city council and others for unitary authorities such as Bristol or Dorset. Both structures are single-tier authorities with responsibility for the whole range of council services, including education, social care, rubbish collection and parks.
There were elections for 58 district councils, lower-tier authorities whose responsibilities are more limited, but include planning, housing and recycling. District councils typically elect a third of their seats each year on a four-yearly cycle, and elect the upper tier council — usually the county council — in the fourth year.
There were elections in London for the London assembly as well as 11 mayors including those of London, greater Manchester and Liverpool. These were subject to changes in their voting system since the last time they were up for election. They are now elected on a first past the post basis. Police and crime commissioners were also up for election.
Councils of interest
These are some of the councils that show the key trends in the elections. The charts show the percentage of seats held in each council, by party.
Hartlepool
Hyndburn
North East Lincolnshire
Nuneaton & Bedworth
Oldham
Redditch
Rushmoor
Welwyn Hatfield
Where parties gained councillors
Regions in white are up for election. The size of the circle indicates gained seats as a percentage of the number of seats up for election.
Labour
Strong gains in Hartlepool, Rushmoor, Hyndburn, Milton Keynes, Tamworth and Adur were positive for Labour. They also gained 15 seats in the traditional bellwether council of Nuneaton and Bedworth, which will please Labour strategists.
Conservative
The Conservatives hardly made any gains, instead losing scores of council seats across the country including in some key general election seats. Despite this, the fact that Tory majorities held in Harlow and Fareham will present some relief.
Lib Dem
Gains in Watford, west Oxfordshire, Tunbridge Wells and Winchester gave the centrist party reasons to be hopeful. They also enjoyed increases in councillors in the wider south-west, previously a Lib Dem stronghold.
Green
Greens became the largest political group in Hastings, where they gained eight seats. They also gained ground in other seats across England, including Norwich, Bristol and south Tyneside.
Independents
Independent candidates made significant gains in the election. The most notable examples of this were Oldham and Kirkless, where independent candidates picked up seats and pushed the councils out of Labour control.
Reform
Reform has won only two seats, both in Havant, although it is important to note that it only stood 316 candidates across the country, which is a comparatively low number.
All council results
| Lab | 13 | +8 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | |
| Ind | 1 | -1 | |
| Con | 1 | -7 |
| Lab | 17 | 0 | |
| Lib Dem | 4 | +1 | |
| Reform | 0 | 0 | |
| Ind | 0 | 0 | |
| Con | 0 | -1 |
| Lab | 18 | +9 | |
| Con | 13 | -13 | |
| Ind | 11 | +4 |
| Ind | 6 | +3 | |
| Con | 4 | -7 | |
| Lib Dem | 4 | +2 | |
| Lab | 3 | +1 | |
| Green | 1 | +1 |
| Ind | 8 | +4 | |
| Lab | 7 | -2 | |
| Con | 2 | -2 |
| Lab | 9 | -1 | |
| Ind | 6 | +1 | |
| Con | 3 | 0 | |
| Lib Dem | 2 | -1 | |
| Green | 1 | +1 |
London mayor
London assembly elections
In London voters choose an assembly member for a constituency and cast another vote for London-wide top-up seats. In the chart, the large number in bold represent the the total seats won, while the smaller number show change in assembly members.
Regional and city mayors
East Midlands
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Claire Ward | 181,040 | 40.3 | |
Conservative Ben Bradley | 129,332 | 28.8 | |
Green Frank Adlington-Stringer | 50,660 | 11.3 | |
Reform UK Alan Graves | 49,201 | 10.9 | |
Independent Matt Relf | 23,359 | 5.2 | |
Lib Dem Helen Tamblyn-Saville | 15,970 | 3.6 |
Greater Manchester
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Andy Burnham | 420,749 | 63.4 | |
Conservative Laura Evans | 68,946 | 10.4 | |
Independent Nick Buckley | 50,304 | 7.6 | |
Reform UK Dan Barker | 49,532 | 7.5 | |
Green Hannah Spencer | 45,905 | 6.9 | |
Lib Dem Jake Austin | 28,195 | 4.3 |
Liverpool City Region
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Steve Rotheram | 183,932 | 68 | |
Conservative Jade Marsden | 27,708 | 10.2 | |
Green Tom Crone | 26,417 | 9.8 | |
Lib Dem Rob McAllister-Bell | 21,366 | 7.9 | |
Independent Ian Smith | 11,032 | 4.1 |
North East
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Kim McGuinness | 185,051 | 41.3 | |
Independent Jamie Driscoll | 126,652 | 28.2 | |
Conservative Guy Renner-Thompson | 52,446 | 11.7 | |
Reform UK Paul Donaghy | 41,147 | 9.2 | |
Lib Dem Aidan King | 25,485 | 5.7 | |
Green Andrew Gray | 17,631 | 3.9 |
Salford
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Paul Dennett | 30,753 | 61.5 | |
Conservative Jillian Collinson | 10,930 | 21.9 | |
Green David Jones | 5,623 | 11.3 | |
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Sally Griffiths | 2,681 | 5.4 |
South Yorkshire
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Oliver Coppard | 138,611 | 50.9 | |
Conservative Nick Allen | 44,945 | 16.5 | |
Green Douglas Johnson | 37,142 | 13.6 | |
Lib Dem Hannah Kitching | 31,002 | 11.4 | |
Social Democratic Party David Bettney | 20,835 | 7.6 |
Tees Valley
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Conservative Ben Houchen | 81,930 | 53.6 | |
Labour Chris McEwan | 63,141 | 41.3 | |
Lib Dem Simon Thorley | 7,679 | 5 |
West Midlands
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Richard Parker | 225,590 | 37.8 | |
Conservative Andy Street | 224,082 | 37.5 | |
Independent Akhmed Yakoob | 69,621 | 11.7 | |
Reform UK Elaine Williams | 34,471 | 5.8 | |
Green Siobhan Harper-Nunes | 31,036 | 5.2 | |
Lib Dem Sunny Virk | 12,176 | 2 |
West Yorkshire
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour Tracy Brabin | 275,430 | 50.4 | |
Conservative Arnold Craven | 82,757 | 15.1 | |
Green Andrew Cooper | 66,648 | 12.2 | |
Yorkshire Party Bob Buxton | 47,937 | 8.8 | |
Independent Jonathan Tilt | 46,443 | 8.5 | |
Lib Dem Stewart Golton | 27,501 | 5 |
York & North Yorkshire
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour David Skaith | 66,761 | 35.1 | |
Conservative Keane Duncan | 51,967 | 27.3 | |
Lib Dem Felicity Cunliffe-Lister | 30,867 | 16.2 | |
Green Kevin Foster | 15,188 | 8 | |
Independent Keith Tordoff | 13,250 | 7 | |
Independent Paul Haslam | 12,370 | 6.5 |
About these results
These results are provided by PA Media newswire (PA). Numbers for change in seats are calculated against the state of the council just before this election. Other organisations calculate using the previous election, and this can lead to discrepancies.
PA release results for each council only when its full count is complete. PA collates results only for elections that were due in this electoral cycle, meaning there may be council byelection results in other parts of the country that are not included. There are frequent changes in ward boundaries, sometimes accompanied by changes in the number of councillors overall.